GRAVES (CUMBERLAND) LIMITED
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Cash
£6.7m
+32.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£45m
+4.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
162
+4.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£3.4m
-16.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £8,552,247 | £9,454,214 | £9,506,756 | +0.6% | |
| Operating profit | £3,606,662 | £3,878,383 | £3,246,770 | -16.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,817,336 | £4,058,037 | £3,405,546 | -16.1% | |
| Net profit | £2,837,487 | £3,080,766 | £2,552,180 | -17.2% | |
| Cash | £4,513,794 | £5,100,970 | £6,747,075 | +32.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £41,365,009 | £43,547,239 | £45,394,524 | +4.2% | |
| Net assets | £40,853,975 | £43,097,005 | £44,956,479 | +4.3% | |
| Equity | £40,853,975 | £43,097,005 | £44,956,479 | +4.3% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 155 | 162 | +4.5% | |
| Wages | £2,618,145 | £3,037,326 | £3,291,857 | +8.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £180,050 | £132,914 | £139,014 | +4.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £65,225 | £60,116 | £57,190 | -4.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 42.2% | 41.0% | 34.2% | |
| Net margin | 33.2% | 32.6% | 26.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.7% | 8.9% | 7.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 4.1% | 6.6% | 4.4% | |
| Current ratio | 3.97x | 3.01x | 4.54x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- robinson+co
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- GRAVES (CUMBERLAND) LIMITED · parent
- Graves (Cumberland) Investments Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Daryl | Secretary | 2013-10-28 | — | — |
| CARTER, Duncan Gilchrist | Director | 2015-07-16 | Oct 1971 | British |
| DAVIDSON, Daryl Elsie | Director | 2018-07-25 | Mar 1962 | British |
| GRAVES, Carolyn Elizabeth, Ms. | Director | 1998-05-15 | Jun 1951 | British |
| GRAVES, Charles John | Director | 1998-05-15 | Oct 1949 | British |
| GRAVES, John Michael | Director | — | Aug 1947 | British |
| PLASKETT, John David | Director | 2019-09-06 | Jul 1951 | British |
| SMITH, Nicholas Craig | Director | 2003-09-05 | May 1958 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, Irene | Secretary | 2006-09-04 | 2013-10-28 |
| GRAVES, William Harvey | Secretary | — | 1998-05-05 |
| HUGHES, Vincent | Secretary | 1998-05-05 | 2006-09-04 |
| CARVER, Michael Noel | Director | 2014-07-10 | 2014-11-18 |
| EDWARDS, Colin Shaun | Director | 2006-05-26 | 2012-08-31 |
| GRAVES, Barbara Ann | Director | 1998-05-15 | 2001-10-11 |
| GRAVES, Lilian | Director | — | 2002-01-17 |
| GRAVES, Robert Vincent | Director | — | 2007-11-06 |
| GRAVES, Stanley | Director | — | 2006-09-02 |
| GRAVES, William Harvey | Director | — | 2016-02-18 |
| HUGHES, Vincent | Director | 2005-11-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| LAWTON, Peter | Director | 2016-05-20 | 2019-05-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-10-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-03-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.